Royal Mail boss could be ‘let go quietly’ within months after delivery group strikes deal with unions By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 16:51 EDT, 17 April 2023 | Updated: 16:51 EDT, 17 April 2023 Royal Mail’s beleaguered boss could be gone within months after the delivery group …
Read More »Royal Mail directors in crisis talks amid threat of fresh walkouts
Royal Mail directors in crisis talks as trades union leaders look set to call for fresh walkouts By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 16:52 EDT, 29 March 2023 | Updated: 16:52 EDT, 29 March 2023 Royal Mail bosses were locked in crisis talks yesterday as trades union leaders …
Read More »ALEX BRUMMER: Last ditch efforts to find a solution at Royal Mail
Royal Mail may now have a fancy new structure at the top, with the creation of International Distributions Service (IDS), but its difficulties remain the same. It has a large, radicalised union workforce deeply resistant to changing working practices. In contrast to the railways, which do have a future irrespective …
Read More »Will the Czech Sphinx launch a bid for Royal Mail?
Will the Czech Sphinx launch a bid for Royal Mail? Tycoon ups his stake in parent group IDS but losses mount as disputes drag on By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 16:51 EDT, 27 March 2023 | Updated: 17:53 EDT, 27 March 2023 Royal Mail’s biggest shareholder has …
Read More »Pressure mounting on Royal Mail chief Simon Thompson after he is slammed by MPs and regulators
Pressure mounting on Royal Mail chief Simon Thompson after he is slammed by MPs and regulators By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 17:51 EDT, 16 March 2023 | Updated: 17:51 EDT, 16 March 2023 The future of Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is in doubt after he was …
Read More »LV and Royal London bury hatchet but won’t merge
Boss of Royal London says peace has broken out between his firm and rival insurer LV after bitter falling out, though failed merger talks not being revived By John-Paul Ford Rojas, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:53 EDT, 11 March 2023 | Updated: 16:53 EDT, 11 March 2023 Peace: Royal London …
Read More »MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Microlise, transport tech firm you can really dig
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Transport tech firm you can really dig… Fast-growing Microlise helps JCB and its customers to maintain vehicles more effectively By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 16:52 EST, 25 February 2023 | Updated: 16:52 EST, 25 February 2023 JCB is a phenomenal British success story. …
Read More »Axing Saturday post would cut Royal Mail loss
Scrapping letter deliveries on Saturdays could save Royal Mail hundreds of millions of pounds a year as it battles to stem ballooning losses and modernise Group could see as much as £250m saved if deliveries cut to five days a week It potentially could slash company’s projected annual losses for …
Read More »ALEX BRUMMER: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s flawed rallying cry
Jeremy Hunt’s vision for country can only be achieved if investment, enterprise and entrepreneurship are given support, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 16:51 EST, 27 January 2023 | Updated: 03:30 EST, 28 January 2023 Talking tough: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt’s formidable Bloomberg speech …
Read More »Royal Mail strike action has cost business £200m
Royal Mail strike action has cost business £200m as worker woes and cyber attack put boss Simon Thompson under mounting pressure Royal Mail owner IDS said 18 days of strike action had hit the group Letter and parcel volumes down and a hefty annual loss is forecast By Jane Denton …
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